Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Toronto
In office December 28, 1886 – April 26, 1890
Personal details
Born
January 27, 1834 Pickering, Upper Canada
Died
February 17, 1900 Mexico City
Political party
Liberal
John Leys (January 27, 1834 – February 17, 1900) was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented Toronto in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1886 to 1890 as a Liberal member.
He was born in Pickering, Ontario County, Upper Canada in 1834, the son of Francis Leys, a Scottish immigrant. He was educated at the Toronto Academy. Leys studied law with Angus Morrison, was called to the bar in 1860 and set up practice in Toronto. He served as solicitor for the Toronto and Nipissing Railway and was involved in the development of the Narrow Gauge Railway. In 1865, he married Helen Emma Arthurs, the daughter of William H Arthurs, a Toronto merchant. He ran unsuccessfully in Toronto East in 1882 before his election to the provincial assembly in 1886.
His brother Francis also served as a member of the provincial assembly.
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larger scale, Leys worked on panels of royal heraldry and a "great image" of Saint Andrew to be carved and cast in lead for Holyrood Palace. Leys added the...
a commercial pilot, and was later a farmer and shearers' cook. She met JohnLey while aerial stock-mustering in south-west Queensland. They married in...
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1845. Some years later Beatty decided to study law. He articled with JohnLeys and attended lectures at Osgoode Hall. He was admitted to the Bar February...
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the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2008. Ley, John (22 October 2008). "John Terry rises to the challenge as Chelsea go clear with Roma...
Court of England and Wales. Born in Virginia Water, Surrey, he attended The Leys School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He was awarded Blue at Cambridge for...
ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 26 April 2007. "Thomas John (Tom) Ley (1880–1947)". Ley, Thomas John (Tom) (1880–1947). Australian Dictionary of Biography...
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